2014-12-27

5.11: news.care/moistened toilet paper is mainstream:12.27: summary:
. as I went to a high-fiber diet
going to the bathroom was getting messier,
so I started wetting my toilet paper
with rubbing alcohol (better than water
because the toilet paper doesn't fall apart).
. this has been very cheap and effective,
and is sure not to block sewer pipes .
. here's amazon's price for moistened tissues:$25 Fresh N' Up Adult Moist Toilet Tissue 42*12,
-- rubbing alcohol with regular toilet papers
is vastly cheaper, and can be convenient
if you can find a pocket-sized sprayer,
such as this:Nature's Plus` Melatonin Spray, 2 fl oz .5.11:
. recently npr talked aboutcommercial varieties of wet toilet paper .
. they are called moist toillets
wet toilet wipes, or flushable wipes .

. London homeowners using wet wipes
are costing water company £12m in blockages:
UK wet wipe sales rising by 15% year on year
. Thames Water spends £12 million
on clearing about 80,000 blockages a year;
and 'Unflushable' wipes cause up to
75% of those sewer blockages .
Thames Water is urging customers to switch
to antibacterial foam
sprayed onto normal toilet paper .
It has teamed up with Freshu,
whose antibacterial gel
can be squirted into ordinary toilet paper
to make it feel just like a wet wipe
and with none of the sewer-blocking dangers.
[ rubbing alcohol works too ]